Deanna Hoak

I’m flushed, in a muscle shirt and cargo pants, hair pulled back and a cowboy hat to keep the sun off my face, everything sweat-plastered to me. I’ve been wielding the chainsaw all morning and manhandling broken branches and trees out to the curb.
And here are the fruits of my labor. From the front:
And [...]

I have the most amazing neighbors. When I got home from the evacuation, the neighbors on the left of me had already cut down any dangerously hanging limbs in my yard, checked the damage, and were draining the excess water from my pool. They’ve been fantastic. Then, today, I was outside attempting to clean the [...]

I got back to Merritt Island this morning, and we were fairly lucky with damage. We lost more trees

and our fence is shot
But the inside of the house is again unscathed. There was a big piece of shingle in the pool, but it doesn’t seem to have come from my house….
I was supposed to [...]

So, we headed to Tampa instead of Orlando, as it looked like Jeanne would hit Orlando. Unfortunately, it looks like Jeanne will now hit Tampa this afternoon and will still be a hurricane with 75 mph winds when it gets here.
There’s nothing for us to do but stay here, at this point. One of my [...]

Damn, I am sick of this. We’re under mandatory evacuation again–this time for Jeanne. The debris from Frances is still in front of every house on my steet–enough that the two-lane road is down to only one lane. The city hasn’t had a chance to catch up with collection. I’m dreading having all that flying [...]

Okay… had this in his journal, and it was just too much fun. I don’t actually think I have enough readers here to get many entries, but I guess I’ll see… :-)
1. Think of a word you would use to describe me.
2. Go to Google Image Search and search for that word.
3. Select the picture [...]

Wow. This must have been the most fascinating thing to watch….
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6268146

I’m back from my Boston evacuation. I had a lovely time at WorldCon despite having both the kids in tow. Everyone was delightful about them, really.
We were very fortunate in the storm. We lost some trees and had some damage to the roof and fence, but the interior of the house is unscathed. Now we’re [...]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W5+GIF/012053W5.gif
See that little bump on Florida’s east coast? That’s Cape Canaveral. We’re right at the bottom of it….
I hope I have a house to come back to!

https://www.patrick.af.mil/45og/45ws/forecast/hurricane_statment.htm
And it looks like I may not even be able to get *out* tomorrow.